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Guidelines for the prevention and control of measles outbreaks in Canada : Lignes directrices pour la prévention et le contrôle des éclosions de rougeole au Canada

10 Apr 2013

Updated Guidelines: In support of the PAHO campaign to eliminate measles and rubella in the Americas, and in response to the prolonged outbreak of measles in Quebec in 2011, the 1995 Guidelines for Control of Measles Outbreaks in Canada have been updated. [...] GUIDELINES FOR THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF MEASLES OUTBREAKS IN CANADA | 5 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND In support of the PAHO campaign to eliminate measles and rubella in the Americas, and in response to the Measles is a highly contagious, serious respiratory viral prolonged outbreak of measles in Quebec in 2011; disease characterized by fever, and maculopapular the 1995 Guidelines for Contro [...] While the source of the In 2011, Canada experienced the highest number of outbreak was not confirmed, information from the reported measles cases since 1995, and has had the investigation suggests that the index case acquired the largest measles outbreak in the Region of the Americas infection from an undiagnosed imported case at a popular since the virus was eliminated in 2002. [...] GUIDELINES FOR THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF MEASLES OUTBREAKS IN CANADA | 17 5. HEALTH CARE SETTINGS Community measles outbreaks can have considerable In addition to the recommendations for the management impact on healthcare delivery as a result of the highly of measles in healthcare settings (Refer to Appendix F), infectious nature of measles and the potential for measles algorithms to assist w [...] As endemic transmission care, but also for monitoring the efforts of measles has been interrupted in the region of the Americas, the eradication in the regions of the Americas.
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ISBN
9781100221649
Pages
56
Published in
Ottawa, Ontario

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